If a Measure is not collected from a particular Course, select the box next to "This is a non-course based measure".
Title (required): Enter the title or name of the Measure.
Results Collection / Align Results: Only needs to be completed if the institution utilizes a data integration between Planning and Self-Study and either an LMS or another Watermark product, such as Outcomes Assessment Projects or Student Learning and Licensure. Measures can be aligned to an assignment collected from that system to automatically populate assessment results from that system into Planning and Self-Study.
For more information on this, please see:
Target: Enter the target or criteria of success for the Measure, e.g. “80% of the student will achieve a score of 3 or above.”
Description: Enter a brief description of the Measure activity.
Attach Description Documents (optional): Upload up to 5 files that provide more details about the Measure activity.
Once finished, select "Add" in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
A prompt will appear asking whether Results are ready to be entered. Selecting "No, Continue Later" will return the user to the Plan page where more Measures can be added. Selecting "Yes, Manage Results Now" will present the user with the appropriate screen for adding assessment results and findings.
For information on populating the rest of Assessment Plan, please see the resource linked below:
Please note that this page can be returned to later to edit or revise the Measure. For more information on Editing vs. Revising Measures, please see the section on Measures in the article linked below:
Creating Measures in the Curriculum Map
Measures can also be created directly in the Curriculum Map, and will be pulled into any Plans where the selected outcome is in use. Because the Curriculum Map displays the relationship between Outcomes and Courses, only course-based Measures can be created in this way.
To create a Measure in the Curriculum Map, a Contributor would select "Enter Program" to the right of the Program name on their homepage.
On the following screen, the user would select "Curriculum" on the left-hand menu.
If the Curriculum Map has not yet been created, please see the resource below for information on creating the map:
If the Curriculum Map has already been created, select the pencil icon to the right of Curriculum Map:
This will produce the full Curriculum Map. Select the icons where the required Outcome and Course meets. For example, if a user wanted to create a Measure of the "Apply Mathematical Principles" outcome, tied to Course "MECH 102", they would click here:
This will produce a fly-out on the right-side of the screen, where the Course/Outcome alignment is documented. Beneath these areas, there will be an option to "Add Measure."
As certain data points are already established, such as the relevant Outcome and Course, the Measure creation panel is more streamlined here than in the Plan.
Once the Measure is created, it will appear on the fly-out for this Course-Outcome alignment, along with any other Measures that have already been created for this pairing. The associated Plans that the Measures have been added to will be listed under the Reference column.
Creating Measures in the Outcomes Area
An Administrator would enter Organization Management, and select the name of the Organization for which Measures are being created.
A general user, or Lead, would locate the Organization they are adding Measures for on their homepage, and select "Enter Program".
This will bring the user into the Organizational area, where they would select the Program Information tab. (Note: The name of this tab may vary. If the Organization is a Department, it would say "Department Information" for example).
On the page that appears, the Outcomes area is located at center screen. Beneath each individual Outcome is an icon to "Manage Measures".
Selecting this will produce a page where all Measures that have already been created against the Measure will be listed. To create a new Measure, select "Create New Measure".
This will produce the screen as shown below. Fill out all required fields and any relevant optional fields, and hit "Create Measure" in the top-right to finalize the addition.
